and leave

Shen Wangshu's guess was right, Lu Yiqing had indeed asked people to dry the salt, because this was the most lucrative and fastest way to get money, allowing her to quickly grab enough wealth to support tens of thousands of troops.

But at the same time, Lu Yiqing did not intend to continue the private salt business in the long run, after all, it is against the law—although the traveler from modern times does not think that selling a little salt is breaking the law, on the contrary, the monopoly of salt in ancient times, In her opinion, it is more difficult to understand the state of buying and selling at high prices to make huge profits.You must know that you can buy a bag of salt in modern supermarkets for one or two yuan, and no one can think that this thing is expensive.

Lu Yiqing doesn't want to take any risks, at least until Wei Jiajun recovers, she hopes to live in peace.

The carriage rattled and carried her and Shen Wangshu to Yangcheng under the escort of five hundred guards.However, after they left Yunqin Pass, the war started in a way that surprised the Qin army and most people.

Wei Jingrong was not boasting when he said that he would recover the lost ground in a month, and General Wei's promise to make a bet was not a desperate gamble.The father and son had already made up their minds. Without Lu Yiqing, they would still do things. After someone made a promise, it just made them more at ease and more confident to carry out their plans.

On the first day Lu Yiqing and his party left Yunqin Pass, the Wei family army couldn't wait to launch a counterattack.

They opened the door in the middle of the night and attacked the Qin army camp outside the pass.Three thousand soldiers from the Pioneer Battalion rushed into the unsuspecting camp, killing people, setting fire to them, and trampling their horses.Three thousand soldiers wandered around the camp of the Qin Army, and obtained the achievements of beheading five thousand, burning the enemy's camp, food and grass, and beheading several generals of the Qin Army.Then, before the other party could react, he swaggered and ran away.

Qin Jun's invasion was claimed to be 5000, and [-] people is nothing, but the active counterattack of the Wei family army was obviously beyond Qin Jun's expectations, and this move also angered the opponent not surprisingly.The next day, a mighty army came to the city.

Siege, defend the city, never change.

Yunqin Pass is located in a dangerous position, easy to defend and difficult to attack. On the first day of the siege, the Qin army left thousands of corpses under the city wall.The guards on the top of the city tower were well prepared, with boiling water, hot oil, rolling stones, wood, and even red-hot iron chains... Different from the passive defense before, the guards were doing their best this time. Consciously consume the enemy's troops.

On the first day, the generals of the Qin army may not have noticed it, but they will naturally notice it after the siege takes a long time.But he didn't care, because he knew that Liang's court was corrupt, and there was a lack of materials at the border.The Wei Family Army in Yunqin Pass had no food to eat, and the supplies for the defense of the city would not go anywhere. Even if they were filling it with their lives, the supplies consumed by the other party were indeed consumed.

The commander-in-chief of the Qin Army rode his horse and stood behind the army formation, squinting his eyes to see the buckets of boiling water poured down from the city tower——splash it, let me see how much firewood you have for burning and how many houses you can use to dismantle.

The beginning of a siege battle is attrition. Once there are no more things on the tower that can be used to retreat from the enemy, when the sergeant climbs up the tower, it will be a face-to-face hand-to-hand combat.The number of the Qin army is far from that of the decadent Wei family army, so as long as they are allowed to climb the tower, the city will be broken just around the corner.In the eyes of the coach, the sacrifices before that are all worthwhile.

The two sides fought fiercely, one day, two days, three days... The big rocks in Yunqin pass were smashed, the wood was thrown away, and the firewood was burned.When the boiling water poured down from the top of the city turned into warm water, Qin Jun, who had consumed supplies with his life, finally waited for the opportunity to counterattack.

In an instant, the morale of the Qin army was greatly shaken, and they were about to attack the city with joy.

But at this moment, after the commander-in-chief of the Qin Army issued the military order for the general attack, the camp of the rear army that was holding the formation was suddenly attacked.The messenger ran to the commander in a panic and told him that there was an army behind the army, and tens of thousands of horses were attacking the rear army.

No one thought that the Weijia Army would have reinforcements, let alone that reinforcements would come from the rear.The head coach of the Qin army who had just been complacent showed a look of astonishment, and the soldiers who had just had high morale and wanted to break through the Yunqin Pass panicked.After another batch of messengers arrived in a hurry and informed the commander that the flanks of the army had also spotted enemy troops, the troops who hadn't had time to join the war were completely panicked.

There was Xiongguan blocking the way in the front, and a large army rushing to kill in the back. Rao Qin's commander quickly responded and dispatched, and the army that was caught off guard still suffered heavy losses.The siege battle ended hastily, and the Qin army retreated for dozens of miles. Before they could gather up the remnants and regroup, the Wei family army came after them.

In an instant, the offense and defense changed positions, and this time the Wei family army chased and fought behind the Qin army.

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It was not too late for Lu Yiqing to receive the military report, but she was already in Yangcheng at that time, and the Wei family army had already completed the first step of counterattack.After reading the military newspaper, she handed it to Shen Wangshu, and let out a sigh of relief: "If you say counterattack, then counterattack, it's really fast."

Shen Wangshu read faster than her, almost ten lines at a glance, and quickly grasped the key point after reading: "Those reinforcements..."

Lu Yiqing met her gaze and said clearly: "There are no reinforcements, those are the Wei Family Army. Wei Jingrong said at the beginning that there are only 3 Wei Family Army left now, but there are still [-] troops left. A, they are opening up wasteland in Xiliang. These people put down their swords and picked up hoes, just to let their colleagues have something to eat, everyone ignored them, but they became a strange army."

She paused here, with mixed emotions in her tone: "These people have left the army for a long time, and are no longer recognized by the court for support, but when the Wei Family Army needed them, they still chose to come back as soon as possible."

It can be seen from this that General Wei has such appeal in the army that it almost makes people forget their lives.

Shen Wangshu also felt surprised and pleasantly surprised, but when these two emotions calmed down and her mood gradually calmed down, she suddenly patted Lu Yiqing on the shoulder: "Ah Qing, you have to work hard."

Lu Yiqing was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized, with a bitter face: "Yes, there are [-] more people to support all of a sudden."

In Lu Yiqing's original plan, she supported the Wei family army step by step. Three months was enough time for the stall she laid down to bear fruit. The first sum of money she made to support the Wei family army is now less than [-] soldiers and horses.But plans were always meant to be broken. The start of the war doubled the food consumption, so she had to reach out to her family for support, and now there are so many more people to support...

Tilting her head, Lu Yiqing leaned her head on Shen Wangshu's shoulder, whimpering and complaining to her: "Wangshu, what should I do? I suddenly feel a lot of pressure. When I close my eyes, I can see tens of thousands of mouths pointing at me." Waiting to be fed."

Shen Wangshu was amused by her statement, Lu Yiqing's furry head rested on her shoulder, and the strands of hair bothered her cheeks and neck a little itchy.So she stretched out her hand to brush those hairs slightly, and asked with a smile: "Is Ah Qing short of money? If you are short of money, I still have some."

When Lu Yiqing heard this, he immediately sat up straight, shook his head and retorted: "No, no, just keep it well."

Shen Wangshu didn't force it, and looked at Lu Yiqing softly.Lu Yiqing then sighed again, and said in a slightly deep voice: "Okay, now this is considered a good thing. I originally planned to wait for the Wei family army to recover, and it will be faster to recruit veterans than to train new ones. It is a matter of making money. Hurry up, or you really can't afford to support these people."

On the third day after this topic ended, Lu Yiqing received a small package from the group of people she sent out to build the kiln earlier.The person who delivered the package moved cautiously, but his eyes were astonishingly bright.

Then Lu Yiqing opened the package in front of Shen Wangshu, revealing the crystal clear utensils inside.

Shen Wangshu looked a little surprised, but also a little puzzled: "Liu Lizhan? Why did your subordinates send this all the way to the Northwest?"

Lu Yiqing looked at the carefully wrapped glass teacup in the brocade box, and raised his hand to take it out. The action was not very careful, and he was a little dissatisfied with the impurities contained in it.She lifted it up and looked at it, then turned her head and asked Shen Wangshu: "Wang Shu thinks, how much is this thing worth?"

Shen Wangshu also looked at the teacup in Lu Yiqing's hand, but in her opinion, the glazed cup was clear enough, it was like ice crystals in Lu Yiqing's hand, it really made people afraid that they would pinch it if they were too strong broken.However, such worries are obviously superfluous. She herself knows the hardness of colored glaze, so she lowered her eyes and thought about giving a price: "This tea cup is crystal clear, 500 taels, I should still want it."

Lu Yiqing was surprised when he heard the price, and almost dropped the teacup in his hand, apparently thinking of huge profits but never expected such huge profits.Then she waved away the person who delivered the package, and when there were only two people left, she asked again: "Wang Shu thinks, what is the cost of this item?"

Shen Wangshu was startled when he heard this, and asked, "You made this glazed cup?!"

Lu Yiqing nodded, handed the glass tea cup to her, and asked again: "How much do you think this tea cup costs?"

Shen Wangshu held the teacup and took a closer look this time. Although she didn't know much about colored glaze, she was born in an aristocratic family.The reason why colored glaze is expensive is because the process is complicated and the production time is long and difficult, so the cost of this thing is really hard to estimate.

Lu Yiqing waited for a while but did not wait for Shen Wangshu to answer, she simply gave up, pointed to the tea cup and said: "I know that it is very difficult to make colored glaze in ancient methods, so this thing is very expensive. You can use my method, this glass cup It only takes a few days to make, and the cost of raw materials is even lower, so the cost of this glazed cup will not exceed a hundred dollars."

One tael of silver is a thousand Wen copper coins, the gap between 500 taels and one hundred Wen is so big that even Shen Wangshu couldn't help gasping when he heard this.Holding the glazed cup, she looked at Lu Yiqing in disbelief: "Really?!"

Lu Yiqing nodded naturally, triumphantly: "Of course it is true."

Shen Wangshu was silent, she frowned and looked down at the glazed cup in her hand, it took a long time before she finally looked up at Lu Yiqing.There was no joy or admiration that the latter thought, she just looked at her with complicated eyes, and asked, "Are you really my Ah Qing?"

For a moment, Lu Yiqing's back was covered with cold sweat.